The Yankees’ 36-year-old third baseman insisted on Sunday he was fully healthy, despite batting just .177 with a .471 OPS through 39 games.
Before this year, when DJ LeMahieu has struggled this badly at the plate, there has usually been an injury-related reason for it.
“I feel good,” LeMahieu said Sunday morning in The Bronx. “Feel good. Feel good enough to do my job.”Aaron Boone gave LeMahieu a breather on Sunday against the Rays, though he only said “we’ll see” when asked whether it was a one-off or part of a few-day break for the scuffling veteran. Since returning, he has been a shell of his former self, sapped of the productivity he once offered at the plate as a former two-time batting champion.Nestor Cortes’ magic at Yankee Stadium runs out in ugly outing“Just trying to work through it,” LeMahieu said. “It just hasn’t been very consistent. I feel like I’m on to something and then kind of go backwards a little bit and then get on to something. The consistency hasn’t been there.
But LeMahieu, who still has two years and $30 million left on his contract after this season, indicated he was just focused on himself.
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